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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (14318)11/4/2006 11:10:24 PM
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2% of NPR's funding comes from bidding on government grants and programs (chiefly the Corporation for Public Broadcasting); the remainder comes from member station dues, foundation grants, and corporate underwriting. NPR member stations raise money through on-air pledge drives, during which programming is interrupted and listeners are encouraged to donate money to keep the station on the air.

Note that the 2% figure above refers only to money contributed by the federal government directly to NPR. Additional government money makes its way to NPR indirectly. This is because the government (again chiefly the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) provides some funding to NPR member stations, in addition to the funding provided to NPR itself. Since the government contributes to member stations and member stations in turn contribute to NPR (in the form of dues), it may make sense, in certain contexts, to regard the government's portion of NPR's budget as significantly higher than 2%.

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